Lead-pencil attachment for fountain-pens



(NoModeL) J. R. TOWNSEND. LEAD PENCIL ATTACHMENT FOR FOUNTAIN PBNS.

No, 487,799. Patented Dec. 13, 1892.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. TOYVNSEND, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LEAD-PENCIL ATTACHMENT FOR FOUNTAlN-PENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 487,799, datedDecember 13, 1892. v

Application filed February 29, 1892. Serial No. 423,195. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. TOWNSEND, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Bloomsburg, in the county of Columbia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Lead-Pencil Attachment forFountain- Pens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inlead-pencil attachments for fountain-pens; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and

pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment of this characterwhich may be readily applied to the fountain-pens now in use, andrenders a convenient and simple mode of constructing a fountain-pen withthe additional facility and advantage of a pencil attachment.

In the drawings, Figure l'is a perspective view of a fountain-penembodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation ofafountain-pen, showing my attachment applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the attachment shown removed from the pen. Fig. 4 isa detail view in sectional elevation showing a modified form ofconstruction.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a fountain-pen of any preferredform or construction, in the end of which opposite to the end to whichthe pen part is applied is inserted a plug B, having a metallic tube 0,extending therethrough and projecting from opposite ends thereof. Thistube is closed at one end and slitted, as at of, at the other end tothereby adapt it to fit leads of various cross-sectional diameters,-andover the said split portion of the tube is fitted a cap 0' for securelyholding the lead within said tube.

If desired, a covering-cap for the entire pencil attachment may be used,the construction thereof being similar to that used in connection withthe opposite end of the pen. The plug B and the tube 0 may be formedseparately or integral and of any suitable material, such as hardrubber, bone, composition of materials, or metal, and the manner ofsecuring said plug in the end of the barrel of the fountain-pen may beof any of the wellknown forms, such as riveting, by screw threads, orfrictional contact. The end of the tube 0 which projects within thebarrel of the pen is made closed, so that the ink which may be containedwithin the pen-barrel cannotleakouttherethrough. ThecaporslideO, whichfits over the projecting end of the tube 0 to hold the lead inconnection therewith, may be connected to said plug Bby a screw, spring,or rivet, as will be readily understood. The plug is provided withacircumferential bead 0 that is adapted to'abut against the end of thebody of the pen, and therebylimit the inward movement of said plug. Itwill be observed that the outer projecting part of the plug is formedwith a shoulder circumferentially extending around the same andintermediate of its length to reduce the outer extreme portion of thesaid plug, and the free end of the latter also provides a shoulder ofcircumferential form and of less diameter than the aforesaid shoulder.The cap or slide C has the inner end thereof normally bearing againstthe larger shoulder and is formed with a smaller portion in advance ofthe saidinner end thereof to provide a reduced shoulder that abutsagainst the front end of the said plug, and thereby the inner end of theslide is removed from contact with the barrel of the pen or with thehead 0 and is thereby removed from contact by the fingers and preventedfrom being accidentally slipped off.

It will be readily appreciated that minor changes and arrangement in theseveral parts of the device might be made without in the least departingfrom the nature or spirit of my invention.

In Fig. 4 the plug B has a ferrule D connected therewith and slippedover the barrel of the fountain-pen to form a means of attachmenttherefor, the other features of the device being the same as thoseheretofore set forth, with the exception that the plug is made slightlyshorter. This form of device is equally as efficient as that heretoforedescribed and provides a convenient means of applying the pencilattachment to the pen.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombination of a tubular pen-body, a plug having an opening extendingcentrally therethrough, and an exterior limiting-bead adapted to abutagainst the front end of the terminating end of said plug, said slidebeing removably fitted over the said plug and con.- trolling the feed ofthe lead in the tube carried by said plug, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JNO. R. TOWNSEND. Witnesses:

GEO. E. ELWELL, J. K. BITTENBENDER;

